Rockbox

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  • Task Type Bugs
  • Category Codecs
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  • Operating System Iriver H100 series
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Attached to Project: Rockbox
Opened by jbthiel - 2006-02-27

FS#4743 - Hybrid Wavpack .WV playback should use .WVC when available

Hybrid Wavpack file made from 24/96 source with -b320 -c producing a 432kbps .wv file, plus a .wvc file.

On playback on rockbox/h120, the bitrate is reported as 432kbps, even when the .wvc is present in the same directory on the iriver. Therefore, presumably the .wvc correction file is not being used to recreate the sound.

When the hybrid .wvc file is present, it should be used with the .wv for the best lossless reproduction.

Also tested with wavpack from a 16/44 source, with the same effect: specifically, the self-contained .wv will play as “955K vbr”, but the .WV+.WVC combo plays as “403k vbr”

Closed by  christi-s
2006-03-19 12:22
Reason for closing:  Invalid
Additional comments about closing:   Warning: Undefined array key "typography" in /home/rockbox/flyspray/plugins/dokuwiki/inc/parserutils.php on line 371 Warning: Undefined array key "camelcase" in /home/rockbox/flyspray/plugins/dokuwiki/inc/parserutils.php on line 407

.wvc playback is unsupported. Please submit a feature request.

darkkone commented on 2006-02-28 06:44

As far as I know, it's basically been decided that the wavpack correction files can't be used in hybrid mode on these portable devices effectively. Because of the fact that it needs to find two different points in two different files, and that they both need to be in RAM, it would be ineffective.

432 is also a very high bitrate for a lossy format on a portable device (not to mention Rockbox only plays back audio in 16/44 anyway) so the skipping you encountered is to be expected, all things considered.

jbthiel commented on 2006-02-28 21:18

I see what you're saying Paul about the 2 streams – that's a totally different paradigm than probably every other codec, so maybe isn't worth the special case coding, or at least could be Low priority or a future enhancement.

But regarding 432kbps, note that hybrid .WV from 16/44 plays fine at 403 kbps. And pure .WVs from 24/96 source are playing fine at 2900 kbps! It is just the case of hybrid from 24/96 at 432 kbps that is skipping (in normal/high compression; fast is almost ok on h120). So I hope there is some room to tune the hybrid decoder. <redirect to: http://www.rockbox.org/bugs/task/4742 >

In general, I'm of the idea that Rockbox should not limit itself to "lossy format" thinking, but should aim for the best reproduction, which definitely includes all lossless formats, and scaling up to 24/96 as devices get more powerful cpu's in future.

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bagder commented on 2006-03-01 08:08

Rockbox is in no way "lossy format thinking". It supports more lossless formats than any other portable music player software.

jbthiel commented on 2006-03-02 01:06

I know it, Daniel, was not suggesting otherwise. Specifically *because* the support for lossless formats is so excellent, I would like to see it continue and extend in that vein.

I agree that practically speaking, it's an unusual (and maybe pointless) case for a user to have the .wv + .wvc combination on a portable device, when they could just as well choose just a single file, either lossy or lossless.

However, it's hard to envision all potential use cases – and given features like the optical I/O on the H100 series, it would be a shame is a user inadvertently degrades his lossless signal (e.g. by playing a .wv+.wvc out the optical port, which will only play the lossy .wv part currently). From a theoretical correctness viewpoint, it would be best to support the .wv+.wvc case if possible.

preglow commented on 2006-03-02 11:25

We have discussed this on the developers mailing list, and we agreed it will be a major hassle. Please read the following reply from the Wavpack coder himself:
http://www.rockbox.org/mail/archive/rockbox-dev-archive-2006-02/0058.shtml

In short, we'd love it, but it would require great surgery to the playback system for a feature (albeit a great one) just one format currently employs.

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